Birthday Reflections and a Big Surprise

I cannot believe that it's my birthday week. I also can't believe I'm going to be 41. That is crazy. So I wanted to do a solo episode and talk about my 40th year, self-reflecting, where I'm going, all that good stuff. So come on with me for the ride of my 40s. When I was young, our representation of 40 was like the golden girls. That is not 2025, 40. I mean, Eva Longoria, JLo, these women are in their 50s and they look stunning. So I'm not afraid to age. I actually think it's super badass. When you turn 40, you sort of don't give a anymore. You're like, what did I care so much about what he and she thought or said about me? But you do have this. Should I tell ghost stories? Once upon a time, this. Right now, I am very into designer bags, but I don't want to actually buy them. So I recently joined this thing called Vivrel. Here's the deal. It is a members-only club where you can borrow designer bags, jewelry, watches, even diamonds if you're feeling crazy. 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I'm not doing anything big this year. 41 is not a big birthday, but I had the craziest 40th birthday, so that makes up for tons of birthdays to come. But yeah, it's not some big celebration, which isn't a bad thing. I also love a chill birthday. Last year for my 40th, Kim threw me my Chloe Wood birthday in honor of Dolly Parton, Dolly Wood, which I loved. But on my actual birthday, because we celebrated my surprise birthday, was I think two days later, but my actual birthday, I had a pool party at my house, but just to celebrate my 40th birthday, I had a just for the kids, some of my closest friends, and that was it. And that is like my dream celebration. So I love doing stuff like that. And as perfect as Chloe Wood was, I could also just do the pool party and be so, so happy, which I was. So for me, turning 40, I literally was counting down the days. I promise you, I had like a calendar and I was like, okay, six months and two days left. I was so looking forward to being 40. My 30s were incredible, formative learning lesson moments in my life. And I feel like I got hopefully every lesson that I need in life out in my 30s. I'm like, okay, I did it. I paid my dues, whatever bad karma I had or whatever. It all happened. And I just was so excited for 40s. I also think, seeing my sisters and how great their 40s have been to them. Other friends of mine, their 40s are so good to them. I don't know if you guys know who the golden girls are, but it's like you turned 40 or 50, they're going to send you to Florida and you live with some girls and you just go there and wear a muumuu and like, that's it. Now, I mean, Eva Longoria, J-Lo, these women are in their 50s and they look stunning. They're just getting started. They're doing all these things. Eva, the things that I see Eva Longoria doing, I'm like, yes. You just get so excited. And in my 30s, I remember, especially my 39th year, I made a really, really definitive decision and effort to do things that I've been too afraid or in my head to do while in my 30s. All the things I know I can do, I was just too scared or I got in my own way. And not on purpose because things take years to create, but I think the podcast was more intentional. Launching Cloud and launching XO Chloe, it just sort of happened that it was in my 40th year. I didn't know if it would take longer to launch because those things take more time. Launching my podcast in my 40th year was just, that was more like, okay, let's do this. I want to do it now. This is the right time. Doing things that I was too afraid to do before and didn't realize I'd be doing them all at once, which is really exhilarating. A little overwhelming at times, but what better time than now? This is the time to do it. So I've had the most incredible 40th year. I have felt so accomplished and proud of myself. I've done all these things that I said I was going to do, and I'm doing them, and I think I'm doing them really well. I'm not just throwing up all these balls. I'm actually juggling. I'm making it work, and I'm proud of myself for that. I'm proud of what I'm showing my kids. I also think that anyone, male or female, you get older and you think, damn, it should have happened already, or this should have happened. I should have done this. I should have done that. And you can psych yourself out a lot of times. And I think it's really, really exciting that even when you have those moments of, doubt and self-doubt and all that stuff where you don't really know where you're going to go, and you just feel like, oh, that window is passed. No, I think you can have it at any time. It's just on you. You have to have the confidence. You have to be strong-willed, the mindset. And so for me that I did all these things, I would say later in life, I'm still young in my eyes, but people think you're, you know, everyone's like, oh, you're 40. Yes, I'm 40. Like, I think you need to spin being 40. I still think 40 is really young. So I love it. I love all the things I've been doing. And I think everything's perfect timing. I feel like my Tatum a few years ago was too much of a baby to really leave and try to do all these business ventures. I just think everything has been at the perfect timing. And I'm happy. I'm excited to see what 40 is going to bring. I don't think this has just been my year. I'm claiming that this is my decade or decades. And I'm excited for what is to come. It's interesting. So I did a radio show called Chloe After Dark, not podcast, a radio show. So it's different. It was just a different energy. I think if I launched this when I was 30, I would just be talking about different things. I don't think I would be having the Jay Shetty and the Dr. Becky's on and the Mel Robbins. I'm who knows who I'd be having on, but probably not people that were going to be helping us and giving us takeaways. It would probably just be a debauchery of an hour and chaos, which is fun. It's okay to have different versions of yourself. And Chloe After Dark was a little bit more like that than I had Cocktails with Chloe. They were just different versions of me. Not bad, not good. But this podcast, like every guest that I've had, I'm really proud about. I feel like even if you don't resonate with one of the guests, you're like, oh, I'm not into that subject. Somebody else is. But I feel like every guest has been solid. I think there's a takeaway and something you can learn from every person that's been on here. And I'm proud about that. I think we can all easily do salacious clickbait things and I just didn't want to do that. I wanted to do things of substance and things that piqued my curiosities and made me feel good. So it's a totally different vibe than what this podcast would have been if this was 10 years ago. My 30s, my self-esteem was shot. More so my later, my second half of my 30s, like 35 and on. My self-esteem was just shot. I wasn't the same version of myself. I doubted, second guessed and doubted every single thing I did and just never felt like I was good enough. And what's crazy is I never felt that way before. I was probably overly confident, but not in like an arrogant way and like a fun, silly way. If I had insecurities, I would laugh about them. It was a different me. I definitely didn't recognize myself, but almost I didn't know how to deal with. Like I didn't know how to approach myself. I did a lot of self work. You have to put in the work. You can't just say, I want to be better. I wish I wasn't like this. You actually have to do the work to get better. And I did. And I still am all the time. But when you turn 40, at least for me, you sort of don't give a **** anymore. You're like, what was I tripping out about? What did I care so much about what he and she thought or said about me? I'm sure I have my days. I'm sure there's days that I feel more insecure than others or whatnot, but you do have. It's okay. This happens for us. Once upon a time. That's all I got. Hi! What are you guys doing here? Are we all going to blow it out? Okay, one, two, three! Yay! Guys, this is the best surprise I've ever had in my life! This episode is brought to you by Opel, the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill available in the U.S. Did you know that about a third of women face barriers to accessing prescription birth control? 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So the bottom line, whether you want fashion, passion, or people behaving badly in front of a camera, Hulu is the place to go. for all of your favorite reality TV. Hulu gets real. So this is the most amazing surprise. All of the kiddos surprised me for my birthday, right? Yes. And, you know, I don't think any of them have even been here and have seen the podcast space in person. So this is very exciting. And do you guys have any questions you want to ask me? No. No. Okay. How old are you turning? I'm turning 41. You said you're turning nine. Well, in my head, I'm turning nine. But would you want a nine-year-old to be driving you anywhere? Yes. I don't think so. Say, as a nine-year-old, he would be driving me. Auntie Coco, now are you going to start liking Mickey Mouse because of Tatum? Yes. I think I want to start liking Mickey Mouse because of Tatum. I love that question. What other questions do we have? Oh, I should have not said that. You guys, who is it? He's the funniest in the whole family. Me. Oh, my dad, my dad, my dad. You guys need a dance break? Mm-mm. Okay, one second dance break. Hold on. One second. One second. Okay, Dream, you, what's the question? I know you have questions, girl. I'm done. What did you say? He's doing some ASMR. ASMR? True, true. Okay, say it. You had to put another. I know. What you just asked me. Oh. Okay, what? What do you want to say? Having a dance party and playing APT. Do you guys like the dance parties we have? Can we play APT? We'll play APT at the end to dance. What's your birthday wish this year? My birthday wish this year is that we all continue to be healthy and happy and live life to the fullest until the end of the year. It's been a lot of time. Not even for a year. I like chocolate. And I just want us to stay together and never be divided. A chocolate. A chocolate. Who makes the best food in the family? Now what time is it? You. I. I make the best food in the family? Thank you. What's your favorite food your mom makes? Quesadillas. Quesadillas. That'd be gourmet. Mine is. Mine is. Pink waffles. Pink waffles? That's what you love that I make? I mean the pink and blue waffles. The pink and blue waffles. I love the pink and blue waffles. Diamond waffles. Diamond waffles. Huh? Diamond waffles. Diamond waffles. Of course. What kind of birthday party would you throw me? Throw you? It says. Or me? It says. What kind of birthday party would I throw you? Me. Me. Okay. He goes on me. I would throw you, right now, probably a Hello Kitty birthday party. Because you love Hello Kitty right now. But it changes, huh? I thought you said Care Bears. Oh, Care Bears. Well, Care Bears more for me. Because I'm trying to brainwash you to love Care Bears. I do. Yay. It's working. True. What about. Tickle our armpits. Oh, a little boo-boo birthday party. True, what do I do that makes you laugh the hardest? No. Tickle. I want. You don't have to say. Tickle. Tickle. Tickle. Tay-Tay, what do I do that makes you laugh the hardest? No. Tickle. I want. Tickle. Tickle. Tickle. Tickle. What do you do that makes you laugh the hardest? - Tay Tay. - It's gonna tick me. - Okay. - I don't think he laughs a lot. - Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. - Sorry. - Sorry. - If you are deep. - What's the funniest thing we've done that made you laugh? - The funniest thing that each one of you guys have done? You guys make me laugh all the time. - What's the funniest thing? - The funniest thing that you guys do? You guys do funny things all the time. - Do you think when I am your age? - I cannot think about you being my age. - It's gonna kick you. - What were you like when we were babies? - I don't know. - You were our age. - I was super silly when I was your age. Guess what? I thought I was a dog until I was four. I love to eat out of a doggy bowl and bark. And I thought I was a dog. I did. And one time my uncle didn't like someone, so he asked me to bite her leg and guess what I did? I bit her leg. 'Cause I thought I was a dog. And I thought I was a very silly kid. - What was your favorite thing this year with us? - Oh, that's so hard. My favorite thing with you guys this year. - Going to Palm Springs and finding five frogs for the-- - I do love our Palm Springs trips. I love when we go to Palm Springs and we found so many frogs and it's hanging out. - What's your favorite present you ever gave me? - My favorite present is all you guys. And those bases you guys make me. - What is your favorite present you ever gave me? - And those bases you guys make me. So. dolly dolly what apartment yeah can you just tell us dolly parton i said parton but what i'm saying is i feel like i was just celebrating my 40th and now i'm gonna be 41 and then soon before i know it i'm gonna be 45 and it's all gonna right but what i'm trying to say is it goes in a blink and before you know it you're older so enjoy every single second because every moment is a blessing and a gift so you have just a little bit of time to be young so you guys enjoy it and be as young as you want to be because then you're just an adult and so it goes quickly so enjoy yes but that's still young you you've it's such a short time until let's say you're 25 25 and under is going to be young and then when you're 25 and older it just goes like that how old is she gonna be when you're 25 how old is she gonna be she'll be 27 i can't even talk about it i mean like i said you fantasize fantasize about your life whether it be i don't think someone i don't i've never pinpointed 40 but just my adult life and you dream it up to be one way and then it goes another way not bad not good it's just different than what you've dreamt up and i love my life i love where i'm at in my life i love who i'm surrounded by in my life um right now always like i just feel like i'm in such a great space i have such a great tribe around me i've made really i've been really aware of who i even do business with what i want those types of people that are in my life because life is too short and i just want to be surrounded by kind good-hearted decent people at their core and then of course i want you to be really smart and great at what you do and build me up and i build you up i want all those things but i think to be at a point where i know what i deserve and to set those boundaries for myself i think i'm just in a really really healthy great place and i don't ever see myself going backwards what do you think you're going to be like when you're 40 in your head what does 40 mean to you like an old lady that's what you said what'd she say she said when you're 40 you're you're old you're old when you're 40 that's what she said a little bit a little bit so do you think i'm old you guys what is your birthday wish for your mom you know what's your wish for me a puppy thank you what's your wish for me a what you want a puppy so badly that's your wish what do you wish for me a puppy a puppy okay what about you to be healthy oh yours is still a puppy okay thank you guys so much for being on my journey for as long as you guys have been thank you guys for bringing in my 41st birthday with me and all the kiddos this is not the end it's just the beginning and i hope you guys will celebrate the next few birthdays with me this isn't the last and yeah cheers to life everyone you you